Ursolic acid promotes the neuroprotection by activating Nrf2 pathway after cerebral ischemia in mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1497, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-39

  Li, Litao ^a,d   Zhang, Xiangjian ^a,b,c   Cui, Lili ^a   Wang, Lina ^a   Liu, Haichao ^a   Ji, Hui ^a   Du, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hebei Institute of Cardio Cerebral Vascular Diseases   (China)

^c Hebei Key Laboratory for Neurology   (China)

^d HEBEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarct; Neuroprotection; Nrf2; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEME OXYGENASE-1; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRITERPENES;

MUS; OLEACEAE;

EID: 84873096860     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.12.032     Document Type: Article

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